Fig. 27. ERICA MVLTIFLOHA. 



ARBUTUS AND ERICA. 



CHAPTER IX. 



" Aliquid amplius invenias in sylvis quam in libris." ST. BERNARD. 



THE idler in Horace's first ode reclines " viridi membra 

 sub Arbuto stratus " : but our modern loafers prefer 

 the luxurious seats on the Jetee-Promenade, or the 

 cushioned lounges of the Casino. If one must kill 

 time, the Horatian method is more to my taste. And 

 I think that the bard of the Sabine hills, who makes 



